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Extending Commands Past One Line

A VISTA command is ordinarily terminated by typing a RETURN, thus limiting the normal command length to one line of 80 characters. However, you can continue a command onto the next line by ending the current line of characters with the $\vert$ character. The last non-blank character must be a $\vert$ for your command to be extended. You will be prompted for the rest of the command with a colon on the next line. Example:


\begin{hanging}
\item{ RD 1 /mydirectory/$\vert$}
\item{really\_long\_file\_name SPEC}
\end{hanging}

There is a limit to the length of a command permitted even when using the $\vert$ character, and that limit is 500 characters.



Jon Holtzman 2002-02-13